New Plug hits market...A Squid

[Squid kids Dad]

I agree..It does cast like a missle..Looking forward to more usage..

[mikecc]

Originally posted by Squid kids Dad
I got the last one at M&D's today...And a &^%$*&^ seagull tried to take it away from at the canal...

No... I got the last one.

[Squid kids Dad]

Mike...

[BEETLE]

Fore River B+T has about 8-10 on the rack today

[mikecc]

I'll have more on tuesday.

[BasicPatrick]

Yellow and black are out and they are swweeeet...

[Flaptail]

Wish I had had the yellow yesterday.

[Iwannakeeper]

I won my pink one last night at the meeting. WoooHoooo

I cannot wait.

[reelecstasy]

After the meeting last night, I had a chance to toss a few..I threw the pink, as well as the yellow..and do these things fly... I did get a few on the pink, and a blue on the yellow, tried 3 types of retrieves..the let it drop then retrieve in a swoop worked best, IMHO... was only out for a few hours had to stop at 3:30, I had to get to work today..so I could nap...I will be throwing these again, for sure....

[Surely Bassey]

Any chance to getting some pink hair on that siwash??
Lure is schweeet.

[mikecc]

Originally posted by Surely Bassey
Any chance to getting some pink hair on that siwash??
Lure is schweeet.

Think it would be better with vinyl squid skirt

[Surely Bassey]

pic Mike?

[mikecc]

you can cut the vinyl body back to the length you want

[Surely Bassey]

got any squid lures left Mike?

[mikecc]

got them in yesterday Pink only should have yellow and black friday root beer color is going to take a while.

[Surely Bassey]

I'll call ya tomorrow.
I think that the vinyl would make it a better lure but somehow hair is a standard on wood. <the lure is wood; isn't it??>.
If it had some nice 3-4 inch pink hair on the siwash it would be a cross between a large bucktail and a parachute....

[MikeTLive]

looks like an injection mold plastic.

[mikecc]

Originally posted by MikeTLive
looks like an injection mold plastic.

Correct

[Surely Bassey]

I think you're right. The first post indicates it is plastic. Somehow I thought I saw woodgrain in the pictures.
I wonder if any of our woodturners could make one out of wood???

[Nebe]

Luhr Jenson make a nice little pink hoochie squid that would be a perfect trailer for a siwash.. i think a dab or 2 of zapagap would hold it on nicely.

[Surely Bassey]

Eben... the avatar is priceless...

[Nebe]

[BasicPatrick]

Surely Bassy,

The posts suggesting a trailer were expected. The reason Al did not choose one trailer is that there is a miriad of possibilities that would work well. He chose the hook style to accomodate many different trailers.

[MikeTLive]

tossed the pink today. It went out like a bullet,
screaming through the air, defying the wind.

At a quick retreive it scooted across the surface.
A bit slower and it moved just below and so on.

However,
When I stopped the retrieve it fell straight to the bottom.
I was expecting more of an angled descent away from me.

When it got closer I could see that when under the surface it was at close to 45 degree angle. not what I was expecting.

It really needs wider fins at the tip to get that backwards fall.
and a little better weight distribution to lessen that angle.

[Nebe]

Originally posted by MikeTLive

When it got closer I could see that when under the surface it was at close to 45 degree angle. not what I was expecting.

have you fished a Habs needlefish?? they ride at a 45° angle and are proven cow killers.. the key is the 45° angle. As you reel in slowly it will suspend. if you stop your retrieve, it will go down, and if you reel in fast it will rise. Now thats all about the Habs, and I havent tried these squidzees yet, but if they ride at 45 then i am psyched, because I will fish them like a haaabs

furthermore, if you were to place a habs in the water , and drop the plug, it would glide backwards because there is no line tension. I would bet that the squid plug would do the same thing. But because its attached to your line, its keeping it from going backwards, and just goes down like a habs does. Does this make sense??

[MikeTLive]

I have never fished a habs anything.
Curious, why would a 45° drive the fish wild?

Dropping these into the water they go straight down. Al said they would glide backwards but mine did not. Anyone seen otherwise? How about sending me a Habs needlefish to learn with?

I really need to get fishing with folks that "know what they are doing" Anyone mind if I tag along and watch them fish so I can learn?

[Nebe]

the angle doesnt drive the fish wild, but instead it helps you control the depth of the lure... its like an airplane wing. because the snout of the plug is facing up, and the tail is down, when retrieving it, the water is pushing on its belly. this is what makes it suspend... you stop and it sinks, speed up, more water is pushing on its belly, so it goes up. Now if the plug was sitting in the water totally horizontal, it would do the same thing, but it would be harder to control depth, especialy getting it to go up....this is why i loose 3 times as many superstrke needles than habs needles.

agian, I need to fish one of these squids myself, but thats why 45° is a nice feature in my book.

try fishing it with a light weight braid, jig the rod tip and make sure you give it total slack, who knows it might dart backwards and you arent noticing it...

[Iwannakeeper]

I have only fished it at night. But from what I can tell it is a nice working lure. For sure it casts like a dream. I couldn't see alot of the action, but what I saw up close I liked. I should have thrown a spot light on it for my last retreive of the night, but I didn't

It didn't catch any fish that night but neither did anything else. Actually, my fiance caught a skate on a mackeral chunk, but I wasn't counting that.

-IWK

[Bliz]

Everybody talks about distance on casting... but how many of those who go the distance actually land a large one out there?

Most I speak with land theirs fairly close to the shoreline...

Just food for thought...

[BigFish]

Ditto that Bliz! I get mine out there pretty good...only because I like to work more water.....but most of my fish hit within a gentle toss away!